09-21-2012, 04:41 PM
When you get an item researched you can put speculation to rest (usually).
I read an article recently where a Russian man was "caught" wearing his father's Medal "Veteran Of Labour" (A very very commonplace award). First the trial apparently had to confirm that he had come into ownership of the award legally (he had as he had inherited it from his father) and then sentenced him to 6 months.
This man was wearing this inherited award in tribute to his own father and got the book thrown at him. Think what other folks would get?
There are a vast amount of opinion on the wearing other other people's awards which also raise cultural and national differences but that's already been gone over in detail on the forum.
Where I come from you wear your own on the left and someone else's on the right. It would be considerably more difficult if we had awards that are supposed to be worn both sides of the chest. I certainly don't know the regulations on wearing someone else's neck awards here though - it is not a situation that arises.
Each nation has its own laws, rules and etiquette.
I read an article recently where a Russian man was "caught" wearing his father's Medal "Veteran Of Labour" (A very very commonplace award). First the trial apparently had to confirm that he had come into ownership of the award legally (he had as he had inherited it from his father) and then sentenced him to 6 months.
This man was wearing this inherited award in tribute to his own father and got the book thrown at him. Think what other folks would get?
There are a vast amount of opinion on the wearing other other people's awards which also raise cultural and national differences but that's already been gone over in detail on the forum.
Where I come from you wear your own on the left and someone else's on the right. It would be considerably more difficult if we had awards that are supposed to be worn both sides of the chest. I certainly don't know the regulations on wearing someone else's neck awards here though - it is not a situation that arises.
Each nation has its own laws, rules and etiquette.
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